Fellowship Program Grants
Request for Applications for Awards to Palliative Care Fellowship Programs
The American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM)
invites proposals from new and established palliative care fellowship
training programs for funding support of individual fellowships in
palliative care. Funding support for this program is provided by the
Hearst Foundation.
The goals of this fellowship award program are to support the
training of physicians in the principles and practice of palliative
care, to help increase the number of palliative medicine fellowship
training programs, and to help establish palliative medicine as a
recognized medical subspecialty. Ultimately, the goal is to improve the
care of those coping with serious, complex, chronic illnesses, and
those facing death.
This funding initiative is open to palliative care fellowship
training programs, not to individual applicants. Up to 2 one-year
palliative care fellowship program awards will be available, with
funding to begin July 2006.
Funding Priorities
Each award must be used to support the clinical, teaching and research
training of palliative care fellows. The Academy recognizes several
important characteristics of fellowship training programs that will be
given priority in the evaluation of training grant applications. First,
priority will be given to fellowship training programs with a focus on
preparing fellows to join academic faculty serving as educators and
researchers at the nation's medical schools. Second, priority will be
given to programs that did not previously exist or are new fellowship
programs within an established palliative care program. Third, priority
will be given to new or established programs that have developed a new
aspect of, or an innovative approach to, palliative care training. (For
example, a program that teaches the delivery of palliative care to
under-served populations in rural or other settings will be given
priority.) Fourth, priority will be given to institutions that
demonstrate collaboration with academic medical centers, hospices,
long-term care facilities, or other similar institutions that
facilitate fellows' exposure to key venues and large patient volumes.
Funding Details
Selected programs will receive up to $75,000 for one year. Eighty
percent of the award must be applied to the stipend of one or more
fellows, with a maximum of twenty percent of the total of each year's
award available to the program and its director to support educational
meetings, conferences, and expenses directly related to the fellowship
training program. The award will not cover indirect costs.
The selected institution's palliative care fellowship program and its
training director are responsible for identifying, selecting,
monitoring, and evaluating fellow candidates. Candidates must be
Board-eligible in an ACGME-approved residency program.
Palliative care fellowship training programs may re-apply every year for one two-year award. The selected institution’s
palliative care fellowship program and its training director are responsible for identifying, selecting, monitoring, and
evaluating fellow candidates. Candidates must be Board eligible in an ACGME-approved residency program.
Eligibility Criteria
- Programs must be affiliated with an accredited medical school that
provides an ACGME approved residency program or its equivalent.
- Programs must demonstrate efforts to conform to the fellowship
standards promulgated by the American Board of Hospice and Palliative
Medicine and the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine.
- Programs must be in the United States.
- Programs must demonstrate evidence of ongoing institutional commitment to palliative care and cross-disciplinary collaborations.
- Applicants for fellowship training grants must be institutions, not individuals.
Application
To be considered for a fellowship training grant each application must include:
- A cover page that includes the palliative care fellowship training
program director's name, name of institution, department or service,
mailing address, telephone, fax, and email.
- The name of financial officer of the institution, mailing address, telephone, fax, email.
- A brief abstract (two pages, maximum) that describes the program and how it addresses the funding priorities noted above.
- A copy of the fellowship program recruiting materials and the application.
- A description of the fellows' selection process.
- A concise (three pages, maximum) description of the fellowship curriculum that includes a description of required rotations.
- Bio-sketches of all faculty.
- A brief description of the evaluation plan for the fellowship program, fellows, and graduates.
- The fellowship calendar and schedule.
- A list of current fellows, if any, and how they are funded.
- A list of past fellows, noting their current positions and institutional affiliation(s).
- A description of all current funding sources for the overall
palliative care fellowship program, and how this funded program will be
sustained in the future.
- A one-page budget with accompanying justification for how the funds will be spent.
- The institutional PGY salary schedule.
- A letter of support from the Department Chair.
Instructions
Send four complete application packets to the address below. Materials
sent under separate cover will not be accepted. Applications must be
typed in 12-point font with standard margins. Double-sided copies are
encouraged. Faxed and/or emailed materials will not be accepted.
Timetable for 2006 Award
Deadline for receipt of completed applications: December 15, 2005
Notification of awards: January 23, 2006
Funding begins: July 1, 2006
Application Mailing
Completed application materials should be mailed to:
American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine/Palliative Care
Fellowship Grants Program
4700 W Lake Ave
Glenview, IL 60025
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